This meta-analysis investigated the effects of formative evaluation procedures on student achievement. Twenty-one controlled studies generated 96 relevant effect sizes (average weighted effect size .70). Magnitude of effect of formative evaluation was associated with publication type, data-evaluation method, data display, and use of behavior…

Describes behavior analysis as a radical approach for solving educational research problems that prebehavioristic social science has not solved; compares the methodology and assumptions of behavior analysis and conventional social science research; and suggests that misinformation has resulted in an irrational bias against behaviorism among…

A 25-item survey focusing on teacher effectiveness was completed by a volunteer sample of 86 special education teachers. Respondents ranked survey items which had been developed from a review of the research literature identifying characteristics of teacher effectiveness. Five survey items were presented in each of the following categories: (1)…

Two studies explored the relationship between the use of the behavior alteration techniques (BATS) in the classroom and teachers' satisfaction with their profession and students. In the first study, 351 elementary and secondary teachers completed two instruments. In the second study, 326 college instructors completed the same two instruments.…